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Events in the year 1990 in Turkey.[1]

Parliament[edit]

Incumbents[edit]

Ruling party and the main opposition[edit]

Cabinet[edit]

  • 47th government of Turkey

Events[edit]

January[edit]

  • 12 January – Pegasus Airlines, low-cost carrier founded.

May[edit]

  • 1 May – May Day events result in 1,100 arrests.[2]
  • 17 May – Democratic Center Party of Bedrettin Dalan established.[2]
  • 20 May – Beşiktaş wins the championship[3]

June[edit]

  • 4 June – Turkish United Communist Party founded.[2]
  • 7 June – People's Toiling Party founded.[2]

August[edit]

  • 8 August – In the aftermath of the Invasion of Kuwait, Turkey closes the pipeline carrying Iraqi oil to the Mediterranean.[2]

September[edit]

  • 18 September – Turkey and the United States extend their Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement.[2]

October[edit]

  • 21 October – Census (population 56,473,005)

November[edit]

  • 19 November – Turkey reduces its conventional forces in Europe as the Cold War draws to a close.[2]

December[edit]

  • 3 December – Chief of general staff General Necip Torumtay resigns.[2]
  • 5 December – Parliament votes to establish Parliamentary Human Rights Commission.[2]
  • 19 December – Government asks NATO for military assistance along the border with Iraq.[2]

Births[edit]

  • 14 February – Sefa Yılmaz, footballer
  • 17 March – Merve Aydın, middle-distance runner
  • 3 May – Burcu Ayhan, high jumper
  • 16 July – Büşra Cansu, volleyball player
  • 21 November – Bülent Uzun, footballer

Deaths[edit]

  • 9 January – Cemal Süreya (born in 1931), poet
  • 31 January – Muammer Aksoy (born in 1917), academic (assassinated)
  • 7 march – Çetin Emeç (born in 1935), journalist (assassinated)
  • 20 August – Ayla Dikmen (born in 1944), singer
  • 4 September – Turan Dursun (born in 1934), author, theologist (assassinated)
  • 6 October – Bahriye Üçok (born 1919), academic, politician (assassinated)
  • 3 November – Kenan Erim (born in 1929), archaeologist
  • 11 November – Sadi Irmak (born in 1904), MD and prime minister (38th government of Turkey)
  • 24 November – Bülent Arel (born in 1919), musician (electronic)

Gallery[edit]

  • Sefa Yılmaz

  • Büşra Cansu

  • Statue of
    Bahriye Üçok

See also[edit]

  • 1989–90 1.Lig
  • Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

References[edit]

  1. ^ Türkiye'nin 70 yılı, Tempo, İstanbul, 1998, pp 377–387
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Heper, Metin (2009). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
  3. ^ Mackolik page